"بہتر" meaning in Urdu

See بہتر in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /beʱ.t̪əɾ/ [Standard, Urdu], /bɛʱ.t̪əɾ/ [colloquial] Audio: LL-Q1617 (urd)-نعم البدل-بہتر.wav Forms: بِہْتَر [canonical], bihtar [romanization], بِہْتَرِین [superlative], बेहतर [Hindi]
Rhymes: -əɾ Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian بِهْتَر (bihtar). False cognate of English better. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ur|fa-cls|بِهْتَر}} Borrowed from Classical Persian بِهْتَر (bihtar), {{glossary|False cognate}} False cognate, {{cog|en|better|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} English better, {{false cognate|en|better}} False cognate of English better Head templates: {{ur-adj|2=بِہْتَرِین|head=بِہْتَر|hi=बेहतर|ind=1}} بِہْتَر • (bihtar) (indeclinable, superlative بِہْتَرِین (bihtarīn), Hindi spelling बेहतर)
  1. comparative degree of اَچّھا (acchā): better Tags: comparative, form-of, indeclinable Form of: اَچّھا (extra: (acchā): better)
    Sense id: en-بہتر-ur-adj-9VyUZ66Z Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Urdu entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8 1 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 6 1 0 Disambiguation of Urdu entries with incorrect language header: 83 12 3 2
  2. improved Tags: indeclinable
    Sense id: en-بہتر-ur-adj-6IhTIW3A
  3. greater, superior Tags: indeclinable
    Sense id: en-بہتر-ur-adj-~bZ~i2o~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: بِہْتَری (bihtarī) (english: betterment, improvement) Related terms: بِہْتَرِین (bihtarīn) (english: best)
Etymology number: 2

Numeral

IPA: /bə.ɦət̪.t̪əɾ/ [Standard, Urdu] Forms: بَہَتَّر [canonical], bahattar [romanization], बहत्तर [Hindi]
Head templates: {{ur-num-card|head=بَہَتَّر}} بَہَتَّر • (bahattar) (Hindi spelling बहत्तर)
  1. seventy-two
    Sense id: en-بہتر-ur-num-hMSyC5Pk Categories (other): Urdu cardinal numbers
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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